Checkrein-hook



(No Model.)

G. W. BEGOLE. ,UHEUKREIN HOOK.

No. 529,674. Patented Nov. 20, 1894.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GORDON W. BEGOLE, OF STONY CREEK, MICHIGAN.

CHECKRElN-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,674, dated November20, 1894.

Application filed August 23,1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON W. BEGOLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stony Creek, in the county of Washtenaw and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOheckrein-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a check rein having meansfor closing or opening the hook and looking it closed, and means foropening the hook and disengaging the check rein therefrom.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction of a hookshaped standard having a curved finger pivoted to the lower end of thestandard and adapted to close the opening of the hook, and a curvedlocking lever pivoted to the upper end of the standard and acting as anactuating and locking device for the finger, and further in the peculiarconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts.

Figure 1 is a vertical, central section of my improved check rein hookshowing it closed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing it partly open.Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing it entirely open. Fig. 4 is a crosssection on line a: a; Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross section on line 1 'yFig. 1.

A is the the base having suitable means for securing it to the saddle,such as the securing bolt B. I

O is a curved standard forming substantially a hook with its opening tothe rearward of the saddle. The lower end of this standard 0 is pivotedto the curved finger D which forms with the standard 0 a closed ring inthe closed .or locked position of the parts, as shown in Fig. 1.

E is a hook shaped lever pivoted to the upper end of the standard 0 andof a shape to conform substantially to the standard. It is provided witha central slot F of such size as to cause it to embrace the sides of thestandard 0 at the lower portion thereof, this bifurca-. tion extendingbeyond the lower end of the standard 0 and embracing the lower portionof the finger D.

At the lower end of the bifurcation is a cross-bar or shoulder a,adapted to be sprung into a notch 19 in the finger D. The lever Eterminates in the upwardly extending finger piece H by means of which itmay be disen- Serial No. 521,057. (No model.)

gaged from the notch b. The finger-D passes through the slot F in thelocking lever and at its end it is provided with a head I which servestolimit the movement of the locking lever, as shown in Fig. 3.

J is a cross bar on the fingerD below the notch 12 against which theeccentric face K on the lever E is adapted to engage in lifting it toforce open the finger D as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

When the lever is lifted to its utmost position, as shown in Fig. 3 itwill raise the check rein L in line with or above the upper end of thestandard so that it will automatically disengage.

In lowering the lever E the cross-bar a will strike the outer curvedface 0 of the finger D and act to close that finger as the lever isreturned to the position shown in Fig 1.

It is evident that if the check rein is engaged with the hook and thelever .E is not looked upon the finger D that any pressure which thehorse may apply to the check rein will act to lock the finger in itsclosed position. This construction gives me a simple and effectivedevice and a positive and automatic lock, and a construction in whichthe check rein may be disengaged with the utmost convenience. I

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a check rein hook, thecombinationof the hook shaped standard a finger pivoted to the lower end of thestandard and adapted to close the hook, a curved locking lever pivotedto the top of the standard and bifurcated to embrace the standard andthe lower end of the finger, a notched bearing on thefinger, and a crossbar or hearing at the end of the bifurcation on the lever adapted toengage said bearing, substantially as described.

2. In a check rein hook, the combination of the hook shaped standard,the finger pivoted to the lower end of the standard and adapted to closethe book, a curved locking lever pivoted to the upper end of thestandard and bifurcated to embrace the standard and the lower end of thefinger, the head I on the finger O, and the cross bar J, below the notchb substantially as described.

, In testimonywhereofIaffixmysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

I GORDON W. BEGOLE.

Witnesses:

J AS. WHITTEMORE, L. J. WHITTEMORE.

